Top Wrestlers Back In Delhi With Fresh Sexual Harassment Police Complaint
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Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik -- three of India's top wrestlers who led the protest in January -- will address the media soon.
Top Indian wrestlers who earlier this year protested against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, and other trainers, accusing them of sexually harassing women wrestlers, are back at Delhi's Jantar Mantar with a fresh police complaint. Seven women wrestlers have filed a sexual harassment complaint against federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh at the Connaught Place police station in Central Delhi. A First Information Report based on the complaint is yet to be filed.
The wrestlers had earlier said they did not want to take the legal route because they had faith in the Prime Minister, but had warned of going to the police if the government didn't act. They said they were not satisfied with talks at the Sports Ministry brokered by Olympian Babita Phogat, a member of the BJP and part of the Haryana government. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur had also met the wrestlers over the issue, and called the allegations "serious".
Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik -- three of India's top wrestlers who led the protest in January -- will address the media soon.
The Delhi Commission for Women, a local body that looks after women's issues, has issued a notice to Delhi Police for failing to register an FIR in the matter. The wrestlers had complained to the Commission that they have given a written complaint to the Delhi Police two days back, but their FIR has not been registered so far.
